PCGS VF35
PCGS F12
- PCGS #:
- 7773
- Designer:
- Christian Gobrecht
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 18.00 millimeters
- Weight:
- 4.18 grams
- Mintage:
- 246
- Mint:
- San Francisco
- Metal:
- 90% Gold, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $384,000 • AU50 • 03-25-2020 • Stack's Bowers
Major Varieties
- 1854-S $2.50
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 11 |
| 60 or Better | |
| 65 or Better | |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-9.5 |
| 60 or Better | R-10.1 |
| 65 or Better | R-10.1 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 1 / 147 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 1 / 147 |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 147 |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 1 / 147 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 1 / 147 |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 147 |
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 AU50 PCGS grade
F.C.C. Boyd - Numismatic Gallery 1/1946:242 - Numismatic Gallery 3/1948:222 - New Netherlands 6/1958:837 - Harry W. Bass, Jr. - Bowers & Merena 10/1999:472, $135,700 - Superior 1/2004:792, $178,250 |
| #1 AU50 estimated grade |
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#3 XF45 PCGS grade
Paramount “Auction '86” 7/1986:1867 - RARCOA 8/1991:937 - Heritage 7/2009:1224, $253,000 - D.L. Hansen Collection |
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#3 XF45 estimated grade
Lee Family heirloom - American Numismatic Rarities 9/2005:1128 (as NGC EF45), $253,000 |
| #5 XF40 estimated grade |
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#6 VF35 PCGS grade
Davis-Graves Collection - Stack's 4/1954:825 - Norweb Collection - Bowers & Merena 3/1988:2025 - Richmond Collection - David Lawrence 7/2004:1149 - Heritage 10/2011:4692, $253,000 |
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#7 VF35 PCGS grade
Paramount “Auction '86” 7/1986:1867 - RARCOA 8/1991:937 - Heritage 7/2009:1224, $253,000 |
| #8 F15 PCGS grade |
| #8 F15 PCGS grade |
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#10 F12 PCGS grade
Broadus R. Littlejohn Collection - Schuyler Ramsey Auctions 2/2012:345, $172,500 |
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#11 VG10 estimated grade
Ezra Cole Collection - Bowers & Merena 1/1986:2546 - Superior 10/1989:4037 - Superior 5/1990:5431 - Stack's 5/2006:2220 (as NGC F-12), $161,000 |
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#12 G6 PCGS grade
B. Max Mehl - H.O. Granberg Collection - Elmer Sears - John H. Clapp Collection - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Ruddy 10/1982:170, $7,150 - Bowers & Merena 5/1993:587 - Donald E. Bently Collection - Heritage 3/2014:30266, $193,875 |
There is not a single specimen known today that would grade Mint State. In fact the finest graded by PCGS is an AU50 from the Harry Bass collection. It is interesting to note that the same Bass coin which is originally from the F.C.C. Boyd collection was only graded Very Fine the first three times it appeared at auction, in 1946, 1948 and again in 1958. The 1958 sale was New Netherlands Coin Company’s 51st Sale -- this firm was notorious for under grading at the time. A look at the plate from that sale shows a coin with all appearances of a grade higher than Very Fine.
The first appearance of an 1854-S Quarter Eagle seems to be Elder’s 1921 auction of the Lewis C. Gehring collection where a specimen graded About Fine sold as lot 488. The next auction sale of an 1854-S Quarter Eagle did not occur until 1940. It should be noted that the Gehring collection is one of the first to offer a serious collection of mintmarked gold. This coin seems to be overlooked in all census information available today of 1854-S Quarter Eagles.